Judges 8:3

God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

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KJV

God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

ASV

God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

YLT

Into your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?' Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.

DBT

Into your hands hathGod delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their spirit was appeased toward him, when he said that word.

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God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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Then their anger was abated - A soft answer turneth away wrath. He might have said that he could place but little dependence on his brethren when, through faint-heartedness, 22,000 left him at one time; but he passed this by, and took a more excellent way.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

It is true even right works are often envied, Eccl. iv. Yet they are not so apt to be so when those who do them appear not to be proud of them. Those are malignant indeed who seek to cast down from their excellency those that humble and abase themselves, (2.) It is likewise the surest method of ending strife, for only by pride comes contention, Prov. xiii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Judges 7:25
They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Judges 7:24–25
Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
Zechariah 6:8
Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”
Psalms 118:14–16
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
Romans 15:18–19
I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
Proverbs 25:15
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Romans 12:6
We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

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The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure…
leads to
- Galatians 6:3
  If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
- Philippians 2:3–8
  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- Proverbs 26:12
  Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- 1 Peter 5:5
  Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Through
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
leads to
- Proverbs 10:12
  Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- Proverbs 25:15
  Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
- Proverbs 15:18
  A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- Proverbs 29:22
  An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

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